Unscramble RIDENT and you have 90 words, RIDENT itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: TINDER and TRINED. The best shorter words score 6: 9 of them, TRIED, TREND and TIRED included. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RIDENT by length: 3 with 6 letters, 14 with 5, 34 with 4, 26 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 34 4-letter words from RIDENT, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. EDIT, RENT and DIET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RIDENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 6-letter words: starting with RI · ending in NT · all 6-letter words
RIDENT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RIDENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 72 | 89 | 68 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
17 of the 90 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DRENT, TRIDE, DERN, NIED, TIND, DEI, IDE, NED, NID, RINE, TID, TRIE and 5 more. 4 of the 90 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IDENT, DENI, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 90 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of RIDENT plus a single extra one.